Basic Details
Surname
Gilbert
Forenames
James William
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
19553
Notes
Address recorded on the Roll as 20 Coneygree Road, Stanground.

(CWGC record that Private J W Gilbert, regimental number 19553, died on 27/11/1917 while serving in 1st Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment, and is buried in grave B.16B at Bois-Guillaume Communal Cemetery Extension in France. Soldiers Died in the Great War records that he was a native of Luddington, Northants, who was living in Stanground when he enlisted in Bedford. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that his widow Laura was his legatee. On the 1901 census he had been aged 14, living with his parents Charles and Mary Ann at 151 Belsize Avenue, Woodston. He married Laura May Brittain in Peterborough in 1908. On the 1911 census he was recorded as "William Gilbert", living with his wife at 8 Bell View, Farcet, Stanground).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Bedfords
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
1st
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Rouen
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1917
Month of death
November
Day of death
27
Manner of death as stated
Died of wounds at 8th General Hospital in Rouen
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds
Personal Details
Address
20, CONY GREE RD., STANGROUND
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial